Seattle passes campaign finance initiative

dhdawg

http://www.king5.com/story/news/politics/city/2015/11/03/elections-seattle-initiative-122/75122694/

campaign finance is corrupt, I'm just not sure I'd want my taxpayer dollars going towards candidates I don't support

section8

Great, jack up my taxes so I can pay for some dipshits yard signs.

PurpleJ

Shit city. Shit initiative. Glad I only had to live there for 4 years.

topdawgnc

The government is here to help!

RaceBannon

Shirley this will stop politicians from whoring themselves out to the highest bidder

sarktastic

Does everybody who runs get taxpayer money?... or... just the Good candidates?

if everybody gets money... is it allocated evenly?... or... do the best candidates get the most?

section8

Each voter gets $100 worth of coupons to hand out to candidates as they see fit. Mine are for sale to the highest bidder.

dhdawg

Yep ^
All this will do is help activist candidates. Sawant (how on earth she got re-elected I have no idea) is gonna have friends soon

PurpleThrobber

How many vouchers do dead King County/Seattle voters get?

Fuck Chris Gregoire.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

So it does nothing to stop or limit PACs, which are the major problem.

FS

sarktastic

b.b.b.b.but somebody has to do SOMETHING!

RaceBannon

sarktastic said:

b.b.b.b.but somebody has to do SOMETHING!

The government should just pick the winner

Blackie

Another #WhyILeft validation.

Tequilla

dhdawg said:

Yep ^
All this will do is help activist candidates. Sawant (how on earth she got re-elected I have no idea) is gonna have friends soon

She gets re-elected because she represents a bunch of people that feel that everything should be given to them ... it's not really that hard to see.

I could offer up a massive TL, DR rant on the election results last night.

sarktastic

Sewerant is a leading lieutenant of the growing Free Shit Army. She will grow in popularity as long as others have shit she convinces her followers they deserve to have instead, for free.

dhdawg

If people agree with marxism fine. I don't but whatever. She's a complete asshole. Haven't listened to a word she said since she called capitalists criminals at some rally

Tequilla

dhdawg said:

If people agree with marxism fine. I don't but whatever. She's a complete asshole. Haven't listened to a word she said since she called capitalists criminals at some rally

When I see people with openly blind hate like that as a politician, they should immediately be handed a gas can, match, and escorted to the Aurora Bridge.

2001400ex

Tequilla said:

dhdawg said:

If people agree with marxism fine. I don't but whatever. She's a complete asshole. Haven't listened to a word she said since she called capitalists criminals at some rally

When I see people with openly blind hate like that as a politician, they should immediately be handed a gas can, match, and escorted to the Aurora Bridge.

*except for your politician.

sarktastic

Tequilla said:

dhdawg said:

If people agree with marxism fine. I don't but whatever. She's a complete asshole. Haven't listened to a word she said since she called capitalists criminals at some rally

When I see people with openly blind hate like that as a politician, they should immediately be handed a gas can, match, and escorted to the Aurora Bridge.

Or deported back to their homeland

Fire_Marshall_Bill

I have a little bit of experience in this field but mostly it's a self-proclaimed expert behind a keyboard thing.

The people who draft these initiatives are purposefully making it as confusing and opaque as possible. What might sound good on the surface or at first glance is the exact opposite often times. Even if you trace the money to the source (which about 1 in 100 people would actually do), it might be dark money or at best it's some think tank cloaked behind a folksy sounding name.